Search Results - "Shabbar, Danish"
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Intracranial MR-guided laser-induced thermal therapy: single-center experience with the Visualase thermal therapy system
Published in Journal of neurosurgery (01-10-2016)“…OBJECTIVE MR-guided laser-induced thermal therapy (MRgLITT) can be used to treat intracranial tumors, epilepsy, and chronic pain syndromes. Here, the authors…”
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Laser-Induced Thermal Therapy in Neuro-Oncology: A Review
Published in World neurosurgery (01-04-2018)“…Laser therapy has become an appealing treatment modality in neurosurgery. In this review, we report on the history, physics, surgical steps, indications and…”
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Assessment of motion error for frame-based and noninvasive mask-based fixation using the Leksell Gamma Knife Icon radiosurgery system
Published in Journal of neurosurgery (01-12-2018)“…OBJECTIVEThe Leksell Gamma Knife Icon (GK Icon) radiosurgery system can utilize cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) to evaluate motion error. This study…”
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Magnetic Resonance Thermometry-Guided Laser-Induced Thermal Therapy for Intracranial Neoplasms: Initial Experience
Published in Neurosurgery (01-09-2012)“…Laser-induced thermal therapy is a promising tool in the neurosurgeon's armamentarium. This methodology has seen a resurgence in application as a result of…”
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Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Brainstem Pathologies
Published in World neurosurgery (01-05-2022)“…Magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRgLITT) is a minimally invasive and effective treatment option that can potentially treat…”
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Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser-Induced Thermal Therapy for the Treatment of Progressive Enhancing Inflammatory Reactions Following Stereotactic Radiosurgery, or PEIRs, for Metastatic Brain Disease
Published in Neurosurgery (01-07-2019)“…Abstract BACKGROUND In patients who have previously undergone maximum radiation for metastatic brain tumors, a progressive enhancing inflammatory reaction…”
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Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Ablation Improves Local Control for Postradiosurgery Recurrence and/or Radiation Necrosis
Published in Neurosurgery (01-06-2014)“…ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Enhancing lesions that progress after stereotactic radiosurgery are often tumor recurrence or radiation necrosis. Magnetic…”
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Dosimetric comparisons of different hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy techniques in treating intracranial tumors > 3 cm in longest diameter
Published in Journal of neurosurgery (01-04-2020)“…The authors sought to compare the dosimetric quality of hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery in treating sizeable brain tumors across the following…”
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Laser interstitial thermal therapy for in-field recurrence of brain metastasis after stereotactic radiosurgery: does treatment with LITT prevent a neurologic death?
Published in Clinical & experimental metastasis (01-06-2020)“…Brain metastasis (BM) affects up to one-third of adults with cancer and carries a historically bleak prognosis. Despite advances in stereotactic radiosurgery…”
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Magnetic resonance–guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for brain tumors in geriatric patients
Published in Neurosurgical focus (01-10-2020)“…OBJECTIVEThere is a paucity of studies assessing the use of MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT), specifically in the elderly population. The…”
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Appearance and modeling of bubble artifacts in intracranial magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRg-LITT) temperature images
Published in Magnetic resonance imaging (01-09-2023)“…To understand if unexplained signal artifacts in MRg-LITT proton resonance frequency- (PRF-) shift thermometry images are caused by air bubbles or hemorrhages,…”
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A newly diagnosed case of polymorphous low-grade neuroepithelial tumor of the young
Published in Clinical neuropathology (01-07-2018)“…Polymorphous low-grade neuroepithelial tumor of the young (PLNTY) is a recently described variant of low-grade neuroepithelial tumors that exhibits…”
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Optimizing computational feature sets for subthalamic nucleus localization in DBS surgery with feature selection
Published in Clinical neurophysiology (01-05-2015)“…Highlights • Feature selection reliably selects optimal feature subsets associated with reduced classification error in automated subthalamic nucleus (STN)…”
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Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy Technology, Physics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Thermometry, and Technical Considerations for Proper Catheter Placement During Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
Published in Neurosurgery (01-12-2016)“…Abstract Laser-induced thermal therapy has become a powerful tool in the neurosurgical armamentarium. The physics of laser therapy are complex, but a sound…”
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The Evolution of Laser-Induced Thermal Therapy for the Treatment of Gliomas
Published in Neurosurgery clinics of North America (01-04-2023)“…Laser-induced thermal therapy (LITT) has evolved over the past two decades to treat a number of intracranial pathologies. Although it initially emerged as a…”
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Commentary: Laser Ablation of Abnormal Neurological Tissue Using Robotic Neuroblate System (LAANTERN): Procedural Safety and Hospitalization
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Ablation dynamics of subsequent thermal doses delivered to previously heat-damaged tissue during magnetic resonance-guided laser-induced thermal therapy
Published in Journal of neurosurgery (01-12-2019)“…Intraoperative dynamics of magnetic resonance-guided laser-induced thermal therapy (MRgLITT) have been previously characterized for ablations of naive tissue…”
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Tissue Ablation Dynamics During Magnetic Resonance–Guided, Laser-Induced Thermal Therapy
Published in Neurosurgery (01-07-2015)“…Abstract BACKGROUND: Magnetic resonance–guided, laser-induced thermal therapy is a real-time magnetic resonance thermometry–guided, minimally invasive…”
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Current applications and safety profile of laser interstitial thermal therapy in the pediatric population: a systematic review of the literature
Published in Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics (01-09-2021)“…Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) provides a minimally invasive alternative to open brain surgery, making it a powerful neurosurgical tool especially…”
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Choosing the best operation for chronic subdural hematoma: a decision analysis: Clinical article
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